Stack Rider vs Smash Runner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stack Rider
Navigate a challenging obstacle course by collecting balls to build a towering stack. Avoid walls that are too high to maintain your momentum and reach the finish line.
- Build a tall stack
- Collect balls
- Avoid high walls
- Race to the finish
- Obstacle course navigation
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Ride the stack to the finish without hitting a wall too high! Pick up balls to make your stack higher!
Smash Runner!
Embark on a colorful adventure where you collect layers to grow larger. Become big enough to smash through blocks and experience the satisfying feeling of destroying cubes.
- Collect layers
- Grow bigger
- Smash blocks
- Colorful adventure
- Cube smashing
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Take a step into this colorful adventure. Collect as many layers as you can. You need to get bigger in order to pass over the blocks. You will like this feeling of smashing cubes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stack Rider at 60% against Smash Runner!'s 22%. Stack Rider also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Smash Runner!'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (14K vs 756). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Stack Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smash Runner! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smash Runner! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Runner! has 14K ratings behind it against 756, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Stack Rider's written reviews are positive against 22% of Smash Runner!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stack Rider ships an update every 2 weeks, Smash Runner! weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Rider | Smash Runner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (756 ratings) | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews — better | 21.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 756 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Stack Rider
Smash Runner!
User reviews
Stack Rider
From 756 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 🤩 Enjoyable challenge
- 💗 Addictive and relaxing
- 🎨 Variety of skins/characters
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🤯 Repetitive levels
- 💰 Coins/purchases feel meaningless
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
Smash Runner!
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Unique and engaging concept
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🤔 Misleading advertising
Bugs and requests
Stack Rider
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after update
- Levels glitch and become unplayable
- Controls become unresponsive
- Losing progress/data
Requested features
4 requests- Increase level difficulty and variety
- Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
- Improve coin/purchase system
- Fix bugs and crashes
Smash Runner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes at higher levels
- Levels not loading or resetting progress
- Unresponsive controls and gameplay issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add an ad-free option
- Improve level progression and difficulty scaling
- Fix stability issues and crashes
In-app purchases
Stack Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Smash Runner!
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Stack Rider free?
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Which has better reviews, Stack Rider or Smash Runner!?
Do Stack Rider or Smash Runner! have ads?
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